#liloandstitch had found its composer, Stephanie Economou, who was fresh from her breakout film score in #rubygillman had been hired to compose the music for the live action remake, while also paying homage to Alan Silvestri’s original score, staying faithful to the original.
Dan Romer Scoring Disney’s ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Live-Action Movie
Dan Romer (Luca, Station Eleven, Maniac, Superman & Lois, Beasts of No Nation, Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Good Doctor) is currently scoring the upcoming live-action adaptation of Disney’s animated classic Lilo & Stitch. The film is directed by Dean Fleischer Camp (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On) and stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Hannah Waddingham, Maia Kealoha, Tia Carrere, Chris Sanders, Courtney B. Vance and Zach Galifianakis. The movie tells the story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family. Jonathan Eirich (Aladdin, Haunted Mansion) and Dan Lin (It, The LEGO Movie) are producing the project. Alan Silvestri has previously scored the original 2002 animated feature. Lilo & Stitch is set to be released in theaters nationwide on May 23, 2025 by Walt Disney Pictures.
Not necessarily, composer switches do happen and do happen quickly, too.
Another person online said she was also doing arrangements of classic songs. Doesn't seem likely two random dudes online are collaborating to make people think a composer no one and their grandmas outside of Hollywood and some niche fans knows about is scoring a random film.